Pinocchio

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 88 pages
Excerpt: ...swim about the sea all day and all night, have you by chance met a little boat with my papa in it?" "And who is your papa?" "He is the best papa in the world, whilst it would be difficult to find a worse son than I am." "During the terrible storm last night," answered the Dolphin, "the little boat must have gone to the bottom." "And my papa?" "He must have been swallowed by the terrible Dog-Fish, who for some days past has been spreading devastation and ruin in our waters." "Is this Dog-Fish very big?" asked Pinocchio, who was already beginning to quake with fear. "Big " replied the Dolphin. "That you may form some idea of his size, I need only tell you that he is bigger than a five-storied house, and that his mouth is so enormous and so deep that a railway train with its smoking engine could pass down his throat." "Mercy upon us " exclaimed the terrified puppet; and, putting on his clothes with the greatest haste, he said to the Dolphin: "Good-bye, Sir Fish; excuse the trouble I have given you, and many thanks for your politeness." He then took the path that had been pointed out to him and began to walk fast

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